"In the Home Stretch" -It has been said that it is darkest just before the dawn. A woman giving birth to her child will experience her worst pain just before the baby is delivered. If trouble and hardships are indications of how close we are to our deliverance, we must be in the home stretch. In baseball, your opponents stand guard at home plate to make certain that you do not make a run against them. Likewise, the enemy fights us even harder when we are on the brink of a huge breakthrough in our spiritual lives.